May 31, 2008
Box Score
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The University of San Diego baseball team was upset by Fresno State University Saturday evening at the Long Beach Regional with a 6-0 loss behind an outstanding pitching performance by FSU's Clayton Allison.
The Toreros will now return to action on Saturday in an elimination game against Long Beach State. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Blair field with the winner to play Fresno State at 5 p.m.
With the loss, the Toreros fall to 42-16 overall and saw their three-game winning streak come to an end. With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 39-27.
Allison (3-5) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning as he finished the game allowing no runs on five hits in 9.0 innings of work. USD's Josh Romanski (9-1) was saddled with his first loss of the season as he allowed six runs on six hits in 8.0 innings of work.
The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard first as they scored four runs on two hits in the bottom of the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Steve Detwiler was hit by a pitch to push across the first run and the next three runs came on a three-run double by Tommy Mendonca to give FSU a 4-0 lead.
The Toreros finally broke up the no hitter in the top of the sixth inning. Victor Sanchez broke it up with a single through the left side, followed by a Kevin Muno bunt single, but USD could not push across a run to leave the score at 4-0.
In the top of the seventh inning, USD again put two runners on with back-to-back singles by Kevin Hansen and Jose Valerio, but were not bale to advance the runners beyond second base to preserve the shutout for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs then pushed across two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on a Steve Susdorf run-scoring double and a Mendonca RBI single to give FSU a 6-0 advantage.
Offensively for the Toreros, Muno, Sanchez, Valerio, Nicol and Hansen all recorded one hit a piece. A
